On the 20th of March, animal rights protesters showed up outside a DC performance of Ringling Brothersw and Barnum Bailey circus. One of them was a former elephant trainer displaying a real bullhook, the instrument used to beat the elephants into submission. Ringlings has announced they will retire the elepant acts,  but not all the other animals such as tigers. At a previous Ringlings show in DC, spectators reported seeing the tigers beaten onstage. Also, activists are worried about exactly what Ringlings has in store for the elephants once they are no longer a source of profit

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